Improvement in bale-ties



J. W. BETTY.- Bale-Tie.

No. 196,699. Patented Oct. 30, 1877..

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASI'IXNGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. PETTY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,699, dated October30, 1877; application filed September 15, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WASHINGTON PETTY, of New Orleans, in theparish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

The figure of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view ofmy bale-tie.

My invention relates to ties for cotton or other bales; and it consistsin the construction of a loop formed on one end of the hoop or bandiron, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents the strap-iron forming theband around the bale. One end ofthe strap A is twisted, as shown, forming a round bar, B, standingnearly at right angles outward from the edge of the strap, and theextreme end O of the strap is carried inward and riveted to the body ofthe strap at a, the whole forming a triangular loop, D, at the end ofthe strap, as shown.

When the strap is passed around the bale, the other end thereof isfastened in the loop D in any of the known and usual ways.

I am aware that a detachable or separate triangular loop riveted to abale-tie band, per .96, is not new; and I am also aware that a bale-tieprovided with a loop formed by bending the hoop twice at right angleswith itself, and forming the outer part thereof in a plane perpendicularto the hoop, has heretofore been employed, and I therefore lay no claimto such inventions.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bale-tie having one of its ends twisted to form a round bar, B,standing at or nearly at right angles outward from the edge of the band,and the extreme end of said band car ried inwardly and riveted to thebody of the band, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

J. W. PETIY.

Witnesses OHAs. G. AUDRY, Gno. GRIMA.

